CarCollect Sustainability

In a world where the automotive industry causes significant pollution, we believe that, as a tech company, it is important to care about the environment. That is why we believe it is important to gain insight into the CO₂ emissions associated with our business activities and to reduce our emissions wherever possible.

In addition to our efforts to make our own business operations more sustainable, we have been working with ecommit since May 2023. Through ecommit, we support climate projects by purchasing carbon credits.

CarCollect ✕ ecommit

The collaboration with ecommit is used to make our business processes and the daily activities of each team member sustainable. We emit CO₂ in both ways. For example, as a company, we use electricity and gas, but we also individually travel across the country to visit our customers. Through ecommit, we take responsibility and contribute to a greener planet.

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How do we determine our CO₂ impact and contribution to climate projects?

For different aspects of our business operations, we use calculations and emission factors to determine our estimated CO₂ impact.

For employee-related activities, we currently use an annual reference value of 3.6 tonnes of CO₂ per employee for office staff and 6.52 tonnes of CO₂ per employee for field staff.

We use these reference values to include the estimated CO₂ impact of employee-related activities in our calculations. These values include a margin for other business activities.

Based on our calculations, we purchase carbon credits through ecommit. These credits originate from climate projects that are separate from our own business operations.

The Scolelte Project

The Scolel'te Project

The carbon credits we currently purchase through ecommit originate from the Scolel'te Project. The Scolel’te Project is located in southern Mexico, in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca. The project currently covers approximately 10,000 hectares. The project supports local farmers in the Chiapas region and combines climate-related activities with benefits for local communities. In the Mayan language Tzeltal, Scolel’te means ‘the tree that grows’.